Why?
So, I needed to say something after the release of this new pack because I need to think about the path this game it is taking. The Sims 4 is quite different from others series. This game is a turn...
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@mcorral
If only I could put 100 likes below. Can't describe how much I agree with you. And I'm very excited to be able to join that conversation and discuss the problem, but I would never create such a tread myself. Here's why: I think, it's pointless. That won't change anything, and the chance your words will be heard is tiny, if not zero. Sorry. They have their own plan and they follow it, so it's not a lack of creativity from their side. BUT we still can just discuss it.
The fan base definitely IS changing, but I don't think I'll ever change with it. Honestly, I don't even want to. I have an interesting thought about that, but I may be wrong, so I'm not trying to speak like it's a 100% proven fact. I was born and raised in Russia, the country with a little different mentality. So many of us tend to discuss things we don't like and bring them up into the conversation. It's not bad or good, it's just the way it is. Of course, people are willing to be polite, but almost no one thinks that telling people you don't like something is offensive, in case it's about something made for EVERYONE. Like when you tell an artist you don't like a painting, because it's not your cup ot tea, it's rude, but when many people are disappointed in a videogame, it's okay to tell the developers that there's a problem. It won't offend neither developers nor other players. We have a forum too, where you can barely find people who're cool with EVERYTHING in the game the way it is/just swallow their disappointment and keep playing. But when I come to this forum, you can barely meet people who discuss weak sides of the game. I think that people may be a little afraid that their comments may seem offensive and judgemental, though saying you don't like something/here's a problem is a NEUTRAL thing, unless you're really hateful.
As someone noticed, the new generation of simmers will think of how they don't like something in the game and how it's not worth the money, but then they will go and get a new pack. Now why would EA change anything then? They still sell their packs no matter what.
You woudn't eat a rotten sandwich in a restaurant, would you? You'd send it back. But somehow we still play with a ridiculously long list of bugs and imperfections, because we don't have any choices (at least for those, who don't want to go back to the previous game parts). It's absolutely okay to wish EA finally did something with bugs that almost exist as long as the game itself. Being unable to feed toddlers without their parents taking them out of a highchair while they're trying to eat. My sims drinking water constantly. Little kids in parks at midnight. Should I continue? Anytime there's a new game update on PC, I get full of hope and then disappointed, because once again they "fixed" things that were not even a problem and added exotic outfits that I can't use too often (because they're exotic, obviously). So do updates give me something? NO. I got myself all the mods and fixes to prevent bugs, drinking water and many else things, but don't you think it's odd when only players fix problems that the developers "don't notice"? That must have been in the game and that's not even a question.
I'm that type of a gamer who really can't afford every pack he wants because they're quite expensive (at least here) and because there's a lot of things to spend money on, welcome to the adult world. Ha. So when I buy something, I want it to be worth my money. I want to enjoy the game without searching for the ways to make my game comfortable and fix new and old issues. I think that it's disrespectful to give simmers raw, poor and full of bugs content for their PAID money, with a huge radiant smile like everything is cool. We love The Sims 4, but we just have to admit, not everything in it is cool.
If only I could put 100 likes below. Can't describe how much I agree with you. And I'm very excited to be able to join that conversation and discuss the problem, but I would never create such a tread myself. Here's why: I think, it's pointless. That won't change anything, and the chance your words will be heard is tiny, if not zero. Sorry. They have their own plan and they follow it, so it's not a lack of creativity from their side. BUT we still can just discuss it.
Maybe the fan base is changing and the new players have a very different opinion and play-style that we, the older players have. Maybe the game should change and offer new and fresh things and we should change with it.
The fan base definitely IS changing, but I don't think I'll ever change with it. Honestly, I don't even want to. I have an interesting thought about that, but I may be wrong, so I'm not trying to speak like it's a 100% proven fact. I was born and raised in Russia, the country with a little different mentality. So many of us tend to discuss things we don't like and bring them up into the conversation. It's not bad or good, it's just the way it is. Of course, people are willing to be polite, but almost no one thinks that telling people you don't like something is offensive, in case it's about something made for EVERYONE. Like when you tell an artist you don't like a painting, because it's not your cup ot tea, it's rude, but when many people are disappointed in a videogame, it's okay to tell the developers that there's a problem. It won't offend neither developers nor other players. We have a forum too, where you can barely find people who're cool with EVERYTHING in the game the way it is/just swallow their disappointment and keep playing. But when I come to this forum, you can barely meet people who discuss weak sides of the game. I think that people may be a little afraid that their comments may seem offensive and judgemental, though saying you don't like something/here's a problem is a NEUTRAL thing, unless you're really hateful.
As someone noticed, the new generation of simmers will think of how they don't like something in the game and how it's not worth the money, but then they will go and get a new pack. Now why would EA change anything then? They still sell their packs no matter what.
You woudn't eat a rotten sandwich in a restaurant, would you? You'd send it back. But somehow we still play with a ridiculously long list of bugs and imperfections, because we don't have any choices (at least for those, who don't want to go back to the previous game parts). It's absolutely okay to wish EA finally did something with bugs that almost exist as long as the game itself. Being unable to feed toddlers without their parents taking them out of a highchair while they're trying to eat. My sims drinking water constantly. Little kids in parks at midnight. Should I continue? Anytime there's a new game update on PC, I get full of hope and then disappointed, because once again they "fixed" things that were not even a problem and added exotic outfits that I can't use too often (because they're exotic, obviously). So do updates give me something? NO. I got myself all the mods and fixes to prevent bugs, drinking water and many else things, but don't you think it's odd when only players fix problems that the developers "don't notice"? That must have been in the game and that's not even a question.
I'm that type of a gamer who really can't afford every pack he wants because they're quite expensive (at least here) and because there's a lot of things to spend money on, welcome to the adult world. Ha. So when I buy something, I want it to be worth my money. I want to enjoy the game without searching for the ways to make my game comfortable and fix new and old issues. I think that it's disrespectful to give simmers raw, poor and full of bugs content for their PAID money, with a huge radiant smile like everything is cool. We love The Sims 4, but we just have to admit, not everything in it is cool.
